I quit updating this list a week before the lineup was announced, due to the website malfunction confirming multiple bands. Therefore I wasn't able to add a couple bands who appeared highly likely a couple days before the lineup was announced (Mogwai, Feist, I Break Horses, Spiritualized, etc.).

i read a lot about how some bands are touring in the NW in march, april and may and that there is no way they would head back up to the NW to play Sasquatch. If that is the case - there will be no one left. there are going to have to be a few that come back...no?

i would really hate if that were the actual lineup. my favorite thing about sassy is that the "big name" factor is relatively low compared to most festivals who just go out and buy the biggest bands they can. long live the small music festivals!

@zach149, I've had Youth Lagoon (among others) on the list I've been compiling for a couple months, but was waiting to see if he announced another Seattle date after his Seattle show this weekend. Then I saw he is opening for Death Cab For Cutie in Seattle in early May, and figured he was out. I know there are exceptions to the radius clause, and this seems like as good of an exception as there is. In other words, I believe you, but I would be interested to hear what your friend has to say about the radius clause. There are very few exceptions each year.

I also say it every year but this is gonna be the year of Daft Punk! haha

Probably a lil far fetched but I see Sasquatch putting itself on the map as a premier festival this year, with ticket sales going way up the last couple of years money is becoming less of an issue, and who doesn't want to play at the gorge?? shits magical..Sasquatch>Coachella

im not the biggest mgmt fan myself but thought thier show two years ago was awesome, ive never seen the pit so crazy and everyone on the hill jumping in crazed excitement when they began to play time to pretend..

Why do some people think Justice could possibly play Sasquatch? This would be one of the top bands I'd want to see, but aren't they playing in Europe in late May then Primavera Sound on June 1st? Would they really come back to the US?

I think MGMT had a pretty good set 2 years ago, lots of energy (almost too much) in the front pit. ATDI would be cool, but i would prefer if The Mars Volta played- they have a new album out in march. Chili peppers would be a good friday night headliner to kick it off. Bon Iver would be nice in there somewhere. wish list: Other Lives, The Head and the Heart, Lanterns on the Lake, M83, Akron/Family, Atlas Sound, Portugal. the man, Heartless Bastards, Jack White in any form, Dr. John, Jimmy Cliff, Phish.

Okay, I'm thinking three of the headliners are coming from this group: Bon Iver, Mumford and Sons, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Beirut, Fleet Foxes, The Shins, Sigur Ros. I think the fourth will be EDM. IF we don't get an EDM, then I think all four are going to be from that group. Primus is really the only other band I could see as a headliner.

AS for an EDM headliner, I'd be down with Deadmau5. Just no MGMT. Please.

MGMT are the greatest thing since the creation of The Gorge itself. The reason they have no new album yet is because they are working on it as we speak, they have been touring for 2 years straight. I'd say there is a 67% chance they will be at Sasquatch 2012, they better, my ticket purchase depends on it.

all my predictions for headliners are bein counted out... id say now theres a 90 percent chance edm will headline the mainstage, if its not deadmau5 ill be pist, pretty lights would be cool too, they killed it on the gorge mainstage in september

Broken Bells, The XX, Band of horses, MGMT, Bon Iver, Deadmau5....and i have had a vision of radiohead, call me crazy but i have faith.. screw the key arena the gorge is ready for Radiohead, Adam Zacks always has somethin in the cards

Kanye sounds fucking awesome to me. Anyway, Pretty lights is playing Wakarusa and Summer Camp Music Festival both memorial day weekend, does that cross him out? Seems plausible for him to make it Monday night late night set.

What exactly stops Roger Waters from playing Sasquatch on Friday (the 26th)? He is playing in Seattle on the 24th and Vancouver on the 26th. Perfect for a nice long late night Friday set at Sasquatch. His draw is big enough to play Seattle and Sasquatch back to back. Can you imagine the Wall??!

^ I would love to see the lips come back again, and this year maybe play some of their new jams! oh I also forgot a few names : S.C.U.M.,Blood Orange, Dum Dum Girls, Colleen Green, Heavy Hawaii, Reading Rainbow,David Lynch, and last but definitely not the least Phantogram.

Roger Waters won't be on the lineup. His stage set up is massive, and wouldn't fit on the Sasquatch main stage without redesigning it, and that doesn't make a lot of sense for a one off show.

Also, the dude is old, three shows in three nights is a lot to ask out of the geezer. He isn't doing three nights in a row once on his current tour. Even when he is playing the same venue 3+ times, he has off nights scheduled.

Aww, you took out the joke band! I was hoping all your readers would see them listed, wonder who the hell they were, go YouTube 'em and then there'd be this sudden resurgence in fans all because of your blog.

I wouldn't completely rule out Roger Waters. He had a massive stage set when I saw him at Coachella. The three nights in a row does make it less likely but not impossible by any means. I saw Roger Waters a few months ago on this tour and yes he's old but the dude had some serious energy. Plus a lot of it took place behind the wall they built so he could take it easy on a lot of songs.

The Santa Clause is a general rule a lot of use in determining if a band is more or less likely to play the festival. If you've spent the last several years studying touring trends of the bands who end up on the Sasquatch lineup (like I have), you have a much better understanding of the Santa Clause. If you are new to the game, you might think Santa Clause doesn't exist, but that's not very imaginative. I'll try to briefly explain it. Have you noticed Sasquatch never books hardcore punk or heavy metal bands? Have you noticed Sasquatch always books sensitive indie bands? This is a trend that should continue this year, and is the fundamental basis of the Santa Clause. It's about which bands are naughty, and which bands are nice.

that Murder City Devils rant (and set) was fucking awesome. He was calling out all of the festival douches, and all of the homophobes, and it was hilarious to watch and also still meaningful. I'm sorry if you felt hated (but if you did it might mean that you're a homophobe because you were offended).

"'Bad Girls' is the first track to be taken from the singer's as yet untitled fourth album, which is due for release later this year. It is MIA's first album for new label Mercury Records after she left XL Recordings at the completion of her contract."

I hate to be a synic, but is anybody else remotely concerned that nothing has been leaked because Sasqutch has nobody worth leaking on the bill? I like a lot of these predictions, but it seems every "headliner" has been nixed for one reason or another. Let alone the recent string of "santa clause" exclusions on quality smaller acts. What are we left with? A festival full of quality smaller acts? Great. Or a last minute move to ensure a sell out because Sasquatch didn't land anyone worth getting? If so maybe the Black Eyed Peas are still available. Here's to being wrong...

i remember 2010 being a year where everyone complained about the line up constantly before the festival and in my opinion it ended up being the best sasquatch ive ever been to.. granted ive only been goin since 09,

ive also heard sasquatch has always had more success in an even year, im sure 2012 will be amazing no matter what big names are on the line up

@anon 5:34, I was going to reply that Sasquatch even year thing is a total load of crap until I looked at the past lineups and realized it isn't a total load of crap. But still, it has no bearing on the strength of this year's lineup.

Besides, 2005 had arguably the greatest main stage lineup of any U.S. festival, Arcade Fire/Kanye West/Wilco/Modest Mouse/Pixies.

Praying for Beirut or Explosions in the Sky. It'd be sick to see some Gogol Bordello there too. Bon Iver would please me but wouldn't fulfill my desire to jump around like a freak. Isn't there usually some major Hip-Hop groups? What are the chances of seeing Macklemore? Or Das Racist again? What about electronic music?

Why are so few thinking outside the box with headliner predictions? Most of the popular headliner predictions have been all but counted out with tour dates being released (ie RHCP, Radiohead, Black Keys) Why do most assume sub headliners will be pushed into headlining spaces? One, Two or more of the headliners are hopefully not even on the radar at this point, would be a nice surprise. Most of the aforementioned suggestions are very underwhelming, so here is to hoping we get some quality acts none of us have even thought of yet!So on that note here are some wild predictions I hope will come true!-Trent Reznor(Hopeflly NIN but more likely How to Destroy Angels)-Tom Petty-Saw someone else throw this one-props for believing-Paul Simon- because it would be cool-Soungarden on the 25th - in the netherlands on the 27th, nothing before-Queens of the Stone Age-new album this year-I realize they may only be a headliner in my mindThe Killers-Please NO-just suggesting as possibleLinkin Park-see entry aboveOffspring-see above two entriesSmashing Pumpkins-by now you must have noted this list is in order of preferanceSubsDeftones, The Cult, Mars Volta, Justin Townes Earle, The HivesCanadiantHE hIP, Rural Alberta Advantage, and of course the sheepdogs..PLEASE NO BILLY TALENT... EVER...ANYWHERE...AGAIN

well. the red hot chili peppers have an entire north american tour in the works. and if you look at the dates during memorial day weekend...they have every day scheduled aside from sunday the 27th.......ironic enough, the last time they played the gorge (i believe) was the 27th of May, 1999. and i had a dream they were one of the headlining bands last night. so there you have it. haha

@anon 1:09, quit filling up the comments with nonsense of the Santa Clause being about anything other than who is naughty and who is nice. I have yet to pound this joke into the ground to the fullest extent. Slayer is naughty, Bon Iver is nice, there you have it.

Everyone wanting Roger Waters or Tom Petty is dumb. AZ has never booked a classic rock act for Sasquatch! Also, expect something out of left field as AZ likes to take risks, be a trend setter and let the festival march to the beat of its own drum. There'll likely be an underwhelming headliner or two thrown in there like The Shins or Bon Iver just because that's how Sasquatch rolls. Don't be surprised to see Built to Spill as a headliner and some electronic act as a headliner either. I think The Roots, Bjork & possibly RHCP (they can be flown in) sound about right with maybe Portishead or Deadmaou5 as an electronic headliner one night.

Regarding the fake lineup posted earlier, it's a good one, whoever created it spent a lot of time making sure there were no touring conflicts. However, anyone paying attention can come up with 100 bands who don't have scheduling conflicts.

I will say it's fake because there are a couple bands not listed that will be there, and a couple bands listed that would be lucky to sell 20 tickets locally, and that's assuming they have a large family. The easist ways to spot fakes is checking the billing order, which is very difficult to get right. There are several bands listed way too high or low in the order to be accurate. Lineups leaked this early are never legit anyway.

80% chance a nearly identical lineup appears on Travis Hays' website shortly (Guerilla Candy). He always makes a lineup guess, and it's usually of that length, and usually contains a bunch of bands you've never heard of who won't be there. His website is linked on the right side of the main page of this blog, so check it out.

I would like to say that I think the line up list from Jan 23rd is probably some sort of leak because not only does it have a strange number of bands that all seem very possible to be at Sasquatch, but the Seattle Rock Orchestra in there playing Muse which seems like a very very odd guess seeing as how they play many different bands musics.

That being said, I mostly hope the line up is real. Seeing Washed Out would be awesome. I hope that maybe MAYBE Franz Ferdinand will be there(that or the Killers but I bet that both of those bands are extremely unlikely) Also I really think that the Red Hot Chili Peppers will be there because not only are they not playing Coachella, but they don't have a tour date up here, and my friend who has a connection to a sound guy for the RHCP says they originally were going to have a tour date at Key Arena on the 30th of March or something, but they ended up not booking it for some reason, so maybe they'll be at sasquatch? I'd love to see them there.

I would be down to see Tool at the Gorge. Most people say they killed it at coachella last time. Not the same but for Loud Friday I would love either At The Drive In, My Bloody Valentine, or A Place to Bury Strangers

@ know ID yuhHA! Thanks for that. I'm kinda glad that may not be the actual line-up, although I bet there will be a ton of those bands on the line-up. I will look into this Guerrilla Candy Travis fellow...

And can everyone me why Radiohead has been ruled out? Because they're playing Key Arena? A man can dream. Missed them on their previous Gorge date and need to see them there before I die.

Why is Feist not on the list? The entire month of may for her is fully open, and she's playing some other festivals as well. I saw her in Calgary in December and she was AMAZING. I'd love to see her again.

Justin Vernon just co-produced an album with/is rumored to be dating Kathleen Edwards. She plays Seattle on April 3, and her tour ends on April 28. I think it's reasonable to guess that both she and her backup vocalist/opening act, Hannah Georgas, may play if Bon Iver does.

so wtf? that page was on the MAIN site and it said GIRL TALK and LANA DEL REY under the MAY 25TH heading.... is the page gone now? http://sasquatchfestival.com/shared-schedule/1-135-113-136-25-5-45-50-42-80-52-78-30-76-15-81-37-75-24-57-13-10-46-125-58/

You guys make me sad. I'm guessing a lot of you haven't actually listened to a lot of live MGMT performances? They are AMAZING live. Their sound has improved a whole lot even since 2010. They are working on their 3rd album now but they are doing festivals in South America in March/April so why not Sasquatch? Yeah it's pretty unlikely but it would be the greatest thing ever. And by the way CONGRATULATIONS WAS A GREAT ALBUM. And they too are tired of Kids. But when 3/4 of the crowd is just being rude and annoying because they aren't playing their hits, it gets hard.

I have to pitch in as well. I really love MGMT's live show. If you're only there to hear Kids, TTP and Electric Feel, then yeah you'll probably be disappointed. But if you come open minded and really are there for the music it's amazing. Seen them twice & they were amazing each time. One of the best concerts I've been to.

Well I have no idea who's gonna play. I am only a 1 year Sasquatch vet. That being said I really want Grace Potter & the Nocturnals to play. They're playing at Coachella and are not doing anyhting around the time of Sasquatch! You should take a listen, they're amazing. First Aid Kit is also awesome! Flux would be epic too!

If you look at the "leak" that's supposedly fake from Jan. 23 by this Guerrilla Candy fellow and compare it to the "leak" from the Sasquatch website glitch and you've got some pretty solid names if you put faith in the glitch leak being legit. So seems like more weight should be given to the leak from Jan. 23, fake or not. How else can the matching of the smaller names and some of the bigger names, i.e. The Shins, be explained. But I guess it doesn't really matter since all will be revealed in a few days.